6 Quotes by Lita Judge

Science gives us the ability to pull back the skin of lifeand reveal the truth of things. It allows us to understandthe mysteries of mountain-making and falling stars.But knowledge isn't meant to be held as a weapon in a battle to defy our fates and manipulate life over death.Evil lodges too easily in men's hearts.What will happen if they assume the power to create life?

Father didn't expect us to sew,or play with dolls like other girls.Instead he gave us the books our mother had written,and encouraged us to read.He taught us independence is admirable,and imagination indispensable.

They will be scorned and considered loathsome, because people reject those who don’t fit their vision of a perfect ideal.

WANTI want to hold Shelleywith the force of an eagletaming the wind within its wings.I want to grasp him unfailingly,like a gentle mothdancing with flame.I want to have strength enoughto beat off the beaststhat dwell within his heart.I want to believein impossible promisesand shift the worldso they can be kept.I want to be morethan a girlselling booksin a bankrupt shop.

Home is not an addresswith fine curtainsand fancy furnishings.Home is a place in the mind where thoughtsgrow rich enough to become stories,breaking the silence that exists between souls.

I AM SEVENTEENAlready I am daughter to a ghost and mother to bones.